hi everyone, thanks for stopping by, these are albums and galleries, taken by k-gphotos., of various vacations and experiences i have had. prints are available for sale of all photos except disney photos, all are done on a custom basis, from a professional lab. email for prices and shipping costs. they cost a little more and take a little longer, but the results are worth it. if i dont answer back right away, it usually means im traveling
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1/31/15, a pcc streetcar charter run by the wilmington chapter of the national railroad historical society. from 10:00 until 3:00. brilliant sunchine, but bitterly cold, wind chills in the single down to about zero, with actual temperatures of single digits in the early morning, which is why i didn't get out of the streetcar at each and every photo stop, maybe half of them. we covered quite a bit of philadelphia's existing streetcar lines, which prior to the domonance of the automobile must have been a very large system indeed. all shots taken with my new sony a7ii with the FE 35mm f2.8. i went old school street style on this, one small slightly wide prime only.

here are some workng fires and other shots over the last few years. i now keep a camera and a couple of decent focal length lenses in my car at all tmes. i've actually been near some of these fires just as a matter of my work day and location at the time

I FINALLY DECIDED TO POST UP SOME PHOTOS FROM MY RAILFANNING OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH FRANKLY, ON LONG ISLAND ARE ALMOST NONEXISTENT. WE DON'T HAVE MANY FREIGHT TRAINS, AND ALL THE PASSENGER TRAINS ARE ALL ALWAYS THE EXACT SAME EQUIPMENT, JUST DIFFERENT CAR NUMBERS, NO VARIETY WHATSOEVER. SO WHEN I GET A CHANCE ON A TRIP TO PHOTOGRAPH ACTUAL TRAINS SOMEWHERE, I DO

introducing sebastian, our newest golden retriever, born 8/11/10, came to live with us about 10/11/10, joining dylan, our 3 year old black lab/border collie mix, and tucker, our 11 year old yellow lab. the first few photos are of the litter at 4 weeks, we had not picked any yet, just meeting them and the mother and the breeder, the blue ribbon shows our pick, sebastian, made at 7 weeks when the personalities are more developed. the rest are of growing up the last few months
this album will also be added to from time to time with shots of our horses and our cats

THE ANNUAL GATHERING OF A BUNCH OF GOOD FRIENDS WHO SHARE A LOVE OF DISNEY AND PHOTOGRAPHY. THIS YEAR I SPENT THE WEEK OF 10/14/14 TO 10/21/14 AT THE WORLD, AS PIXELMANIA WAS HELD DURING THE FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL AND HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS TIME.

8/29/14 TO 8/31/14, RHYTHM & ROOTS MUSIC FESTIVAL, NINIGRET PARK, CHARLESTOWN RHODE ISLAND. ANOTHER GREAT YEAR AT THIS FESTIVAL, ALTHOUGH MY BACK WAS TIRED SO I ONLY TOOK PHOTOS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, SUNDAY I JUST WASN'T UP FOR IT, SO I JUST LISTENED ALL DAY.

TRIP TO KANSAS CITY FOR YANKEES VS ROYALS THEN TO SPRINGDALE ARKANSAS FOR THE 2014 NATIONAL RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY CONVENTION. I ALSO GOT OUT INTO THE KANSAS COUNTRYSIDE TO THE FLINT HILLS AREA. ALSO A FEW HOURS IN LEES SUMMIT MISSOURI FOR THE SMOKIN ON THE SUMMIT BARBECUE COMPETITION. THE YANKEES/ROYALS GAME AT KAUFFMAN STADIUM WILL BE IT'S OWN ALBUM

6/8/14, A DAY GAME AT KAUFMAN STADIUM IN KANSAS CITY. YANKEES VS ROYALS, WHO NEW AT THIS POINT THE ROYALS WOULD END UP IN THE WORLD SERIES, ROYALS WON 2-1. I STAYED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM KAUFMAN AT THE FOUR POINTS SHERATON, WALKED TO THE PARK. THIS WAS PARK # 22 OF 30SECTION 139, ROW C, SEAT 1

ON SATURDAY 5/24/14 I FLEW TO ATLANTA GEORGIA, TO ATTEND A BRAVES GAME AT TURNER FIELD. STADIUM #19 OUT OF 30. ON SATURDAY NIGHT I WENT TO DEATUR TO DINNER AT A SPANISH RESTAURANT, GREAT FOOD. ON SUNDAY I WENT TO TURNER FIELD FOR THE COLORADO ROCKIES VS THE ATLANTA BRAVES. BRAVES WON 7-0. IN THE MORNING AFTER WALKING TO BUCKHEAD FOR BREAKFAST I WENT BACK TO DECATUR FOR A FEW HOURS TO AN OUTDOOR ART FAIR, FOLLOWED BY THE GAME AT 5:10

ON 5/18/14 I DAY TRIPPED TO CITIZENS BANK PARK IN PHILADELPHIA, FOR THE CINCINATTI REDS VS THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES. A DAY GAME, AND IT WAS THE CELEBRATION OF THE PHILLIE PHANATICS BIRTHDAY. PHILLIES WON 8-3

ON 5/10/14 I TOOK A TRIP TO CAMDEN YARDS TO SEE THE HOUSTON ASTROS PLAY THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES. THIS WAS ACTUALLY MY SECOND TRIP TO CAMDEN AS I HAD BEEN THERE MANY YEARS AGO, BUT HAD NO PICTURES, IT WAS ALSO MY FIRST MODERN BALLPARK AND GOT ME STARTED ON THIS QUEST TO SEE THEM ALL

11/9/13, A TRIP TO CONOWINGO DAM, IN DARLINGTON, MD, TO PHOTOGRAPH EAGLES FISHING ON THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BELOW THE CONOWINGO DAM. MOST OF THE SHOTS ARE WITH MY 500MM F4, A FEW FROM THE TREES ARE WITH THE 70-300 ON THE REBEL T3. I DID NOT GET A HIGH SUCCESS RATE MOSTLY DUE TO BEING VERY INEXPERIENCED AT PANING BIRDS IN FLIGHT.

8/30/13 - 9/1/13,NINIGRET PARK, CHARLESTOWN, RHODE ISLAND. WHAT A GREAT AMOUNT OF VARIED AND INTERESTING TALENT AT THIS YEARS FESTIVAL. I SPEND SO MUCH TIME IN JUST PURE LISTENING THAT I ACTUALLY TOOK THE FEWEST AMOUNT OF PHOTOS I'VE EVER TAKEN THERE.

baltimore orioles vs tampa bay rays, 6/8/13, tropicana field. flew to tampa on the morning of saturday, 6/8/13, the flight was a little early, and fastbreak with budget makes it very fast indeed in many places to get a rental car. i was off airport property 30 minutes after landing. so i went into ybor city to the columbia restaurant for some delightful spanish food, then had time to find and ride the ybor city/tampa streetcar line from end to end. followed by a 4:10 game at tropicana field, with a martina mcbride concert post game. flew back to long island on sunday 6/9/13.

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS VS MIAMI MARLINS, 5/18/13, MARLINS PARK. A SHORT TRIP FROM ISLIP TO FORT LAUDERDALE, INTO A RENTAL CAR AND OVER TO THE PALMETTO METRORAIL STATION, TO CULMER STATION, THEN THE SHUTTLE BUS TO MARLINS PARK. I THEN WALKED A FEW BLOCKS INTO LITTLE HAVANA TO LA CAMERONARA WHERE I HAD SOME OUTSTANDING CUBAN INFLUENCED SEAFOOD, BACK TO THE PARK TO WATCH THE MARLINS HOST THE D-BACKS. THE FIRST PITCH TO THE FIRST ARIZONA BATTER GETS HIT OVER THE CENTERFIELD WALL FOR THE ONLY RUN OF THE GAME, WHICH ENDS UP AS A 1-0 DIAMONDBACKS VICTORY. I DID NOT EVEN GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE SWING AS I WAS STILL MAKING MY WAY TO MY SEAT. FLEW BACK HOME THE NEXT DAY

on saturday, 3/23/12, i attended a photo charter on the potomac eagle scenic train, headquarted in romney, west birginia. the motive power was F units from the 1940's and a gp-9. it was a beautigul day of sunshine wiht almost no clouds and even though it started out a little chilly, it warmed up nicely by mid afternoon. lunch and dinner were served on the train, with runbys on the north part of the line suring saylight, and then after dinner a posed night shoot at the sycamore bridge

i once again attended the western maryland scenic railroad photo charter run by carl franz. this year i was able to get to the cumberland region a day early and do some other railfaning, and i also only did 2 days of the charter, fridady, 1/10/13 and saturday 1/11/13. this was due to the long drive home and how fatigued i was last year after attending sunday half day and driving home.

well i did it again this year, i went to the macy's thanksgiving day parade in manhattan, ny. this year i get up early and left the hotel and went uptown by 0600. so at 67th and central park west i was only behind 1 person at the baricade, so some of the photos are a little better, at least i was able to capture my friend jeff, who has marched as a clown for 10 years or more

a quick little trip down to disney. to have a little food & wine fest and attend mickey's not so scary halloween party. i probably won't put these in seperate galleries as it was a kind of a strange jumbled free form trip. and i was all over the various parks in no particular attempt to see that much

8/25/12, DROVE FROM PITTSBURGH TO CINCINNATI TO WATCH THE CARDS VS THE REDS, CINCINATTI WON. GREAT AMERICAN BALLPARK IS A NICE STADIUM, THANKS TO BALLPARKCHASERS.COM MY PARKING A FEW BLOCKS AWAY GOT ME OUT OF TOWN PRETTY FAST AFTER THE 4:10 GAME, I DROVE MOST OF THE WAY BACK TO PITTSBURGH AS I HAD A NOON TIME FLIGHT BACK TO JFK

flew to pittsburgh to watch the brewers play the pirates at pnc park. quite a few milwaukee fans on the plane. beautiful evening, went to pnc park from station square via river boat shuttle. very civilized way to get to the park, and very good to get away after the game. unfortunately the pirates lost in their struggle to get back their winning ways of earlier this season. pnc park is one of if not my favorite in the majors, i just like it's size and amenities.

once again i present to you what i consider one of the finest bluegrass festivals anywhere. although it was really hot this year, the music was great, and once again i had a great time. always a pleasure to see and photograph my oats friends. remember to support live music whenever possible
www.oatsfestival.com

working on my bucket list again, one of those list things is to see a ballgame in every major league park, all 30 of them, i have a pretty good start, this trip is cleveland and detroit, with cleveland actually a repeat since i did not have a good digital camera when i first caught a game here, in fact it was still called jacobs field at that time. i will be doing a couple of these 3 flights, 2 cities, 2 ballpark trips this year.

just a few seperate images, some from the area, some that were not part of any lengthy trip, some hdr experiments as i move further into photoshop and hdr type processingmore and more will be from my panasonic lumix gh2, a mirrorless system that is becoming my travel kit for most tripsalso there will be more local geotagged shots as i now have an amod 3080 geo tracklogger and have learned how to sync the tracklog with the photos based on timestamps and waypoints

so after having this site for a few years now, i've finally decided to start an album of local scenes from where we live, the north fork of long island, there may be a few images from other parts of long island that end up here, but the main section will be all north fork images

bluegrass group blue highway, in concert, shelter island ny, on saturday 1/14/12. outstanding show, as evidenced by the fact i took so few photos, in fact with the exception of 3 throwaways, this small gallery is all i took. i was just caught up in listening to a wonderful evening of bluegrass music. they do have a new cd out, and it is excellent music, for this gallery i selected a track named "some day" from another cd. i did this because the last photo is of them doing this gospel song acapella, they came right down onto the stage front risers, which since our seats were in the front row placed them about 10 feet or so in front of us. it was just soulful, just grabbed me by the heart strings and tugged away.

friday 1/6/12, saturday 1/7/12, sunday 1/8/12, a carl franz photo charter. On the western maryland scenic railroad from cumberland to frostburg maryland. motive power was #734, affectionately known as mountain thunder. friday was a limited number of riders, about 25 or so using just the caboose to ride in. saturday and sunday were much larger groups using passenger equipment. friday's runby's were also the rare eastbound runby's as the usual trip is westbound to frostburg, where the engine is turned on the turntable and run back nonstop to cumberland.

12/7/11 - 12/12/11, trip to walt disney world to enjoy the christmas theming, staying at saratoga springs resort, in a studio unitthis trip did not start off to be a photo trip, but because i wanted to take a few, i decided to travel lighter than usual. i took the panasonic lumix g1, with the assortment of lenses i have for it. it's a mirrorless micro 4/3 system, something i picked up while looking to replace my aging point-n-shoot. i went this direction because i got a closeout special at amazon, and i had been watching the M4/3 system development for awhile, paid about the same as a canon g12 would have cost, and i feel this is a much more feature laden system, real manual controls and real versatility. and the body, 5 lenses, spare battery, charger, remote, manual, and a couple step up rings and filters, plus a lowepro shoulder bag, weighs less than my 5dmk2 body with the 24=105 walk around lens. so i ended up taking a fair amount of photos, under a lot of different lighting conditions, and i now have a real good feel for just what this system can and cannot do.

i finally got to go to the macy's thanksgiving day parade, i was also in ny the evening before to go to the area of 81st and central park west, where the ballons are inflated and held overnight. the whole experience was sort of a mixed feeling event, it was nice to finally do this, but i would not do the evening inflation thing again, and i learned that if i want any shot at decent parade viewing for photos, i need to moving into position by 6:00 am.

my first photo charter, wherein the train is chartered and the event run specifically oriented towards train photography. many of these if not most are steam oriented, this was a lerro productions charter run on the bel-del as it's isially called, in phillipsburg, new jersey. a night session on saturday 11/5/11, and a daytime session sunday 11/6/11. nice weather, although a little chilly at night.

i finally made it to citifield, big improvement over shea and at least the mets won. i also got to see reyes in a mets uniform. mets 3 marlins 2. all photos taken with a panasonic lumix g1, first test of the g1 at a ballpark, got a few decent photos, enough to probably make it the camera of choice on flyaway stadium trips

OUT AMONG THE STARS BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL, 2011, yes it's once again time for the annual trip to a great bluegrass festival, the oats festival held each year in scenic benton pennsylvania, at the benton rodeo grounds. music when available will accompany each slide show. links to the festival, bands and vendors will be provided whenever possible. folks, i'm telling you, you cannot go wrong with this festival, great bands, great location, friendly staff, all hosted by the grillbillies. i have also created a flickr group where you can add your own oats photos

a railfan weekend at the cass scenic railroad, cass west virginia. night photo session, rides on the railroad, please don't forget to read the cass guide, a very informative brochure about the town, the railroad and the history of the logging

5/3/11-5/10/11, an alaskan cruise out of and back to vancouver canada, on the disney cruise line, the wonder. alaska is incredible, everyone should do this at least once in their life. i would do it again. the weather really was in our favor as we had much blue sky, and very little rain. no downpour days at all

please feel free to post comments, and particularly to suggest musical selections for this album

1/29/11, the josh williams band, what a great show, funny, enterting, great singing. the crowd was really into it, and so was the band. funny thing was, they were the substitutes for a canceled cherryholmes show. the opener was the mandolin player, nick king, plus 2 locals, buddy merriam and tom hashagen , calling themselves the 3 mandoleros, kind of a last minute thing i presume, although it was some tasty picking, with the cancelation it was not even certain for awhile that shelter island would have it's annual winter bluegrass show this year

the annual gathering at walt disney world of fellow disney fans and amatuer photographers. we all share a common love of photography and the incredible sensory experience of walt disney world. hosted by our old friend, tim devine, owner,webmaster and chief creative genius behind www.themagicinpixels.com , so step in, keep your hands and feet inside the ride vehicle at all times, and enjoy a little slice of the world as seen through my lens

7/18/10, antique power show, held at hallockville farm restoration site, riverhead, ny, some great old farm tractors, some neat old engines, some old restored fire trucks, even a few old race cars, some i remember seeing race as a kid

rhythm & roots 2010, ninigret park, charlestown, rhode island, my annual trip to this great roots/zydeco/cajun/blues music festival. i did not take as many photos this year, maybe a combo of the weather, enjoying my seat more, and kind of a photographic slump this year, but i did get a few of every act, and as usual there will be musical background to the slide shows, so sit back, turn up the volume and enjoy

out among the stars bluegrass festival, 7/1/10 - 7/4/10, in benton, pennsylvania, at the benton rodeo grounds. always a fine time, great sound, great bands, highly recommended for anyone looking for a bluegrass festival, whether it's your first or 1000th, you can't go wrong with this festival
WWW.OATSFESTIVAL.COM

on 4/17/10 i traveled to staten island to tour the staten island railroad with the new york division of the electric railroaders association. same group that sponsored the lirr shop tour i attended last year. although i was not able to go on the shop tour part due to having to attend a dinner that evening, i had to leave the group right before the shop tour and head home to long island

the steep canyon rangers doing a show 1/16/10 at the shelter island school, they were in great form, the crowd absolutely went wild for them, hopefully they made a couple new bluegrass converts
www.steepcanyon.com

pixelmania 2009, the first event at walt disney world, held under the magic in pixels sponsorship, what a great time, exhausting, four days if intense photography, from early am to late at night, throw in the first rainy day i've ever had while at wdw in december, some cold, some hot, and well it was quite the experience. i was at the beach club villas from 12/1 to 12/8, joined 12/3 to 12/6 by paul, tim and jeff, and about 15 other disney photography fans

2009 out among the stars bluegrass festival, held in benton pennsylvania each and every july 4th weekend, starting the thursday prior and concluding on the sunday, a great mid size, although growing, festival, great sound system, scenic area, friendly town
oatsfestival.com

local bluegrass group performing at the jamesport meeting house, located in the unitarian church in jamesport, ny
this was the first in the music at the meeting house series, i'm hoping this takes off and does well, as it's good to have local live music
dave thompson, guitar and lead vocals
john brisotti, mandolin and vocals
bill deturk, banjo and vocals
ronnie feinberg, fiddle
bruce barry, bass and vocals

trip to walt disney world for the nursing 2009 symposium
5/3/09 to 5/10/09, staying at the saratoga springs disney vacation club resort, with the symposium 5/6/09-5/9/09 at coronado springs resort convention center
the first section is the flight to orlando, sunday 5/3/09, departed islip macarthur airport at 1040, in the drizzle of course, arrived orlando around 1315, bright sunshine and near 90 degrees, it was 90+ every day in florida, in fact it broke records a couple of the days towards the end of the week

earth day 2009 at indian island county park, right here in riverhead, the chapter of trout unlimited i belong to had a display and i volunteered last sunday for the day to sell raffle tickets and answer questions about our conservation projects

on 3/28/09 i was able to participate in a tour of the long island railroad hillside maintenance complex and the morris park diesel servicing facility
it was run by the New York Division of the Electric Railway Association

from wed 12/10/08 until mon 12/15/08, i attended mousefest 2008, an annual gathering of website owners, guidebook authors, podcasters, travel agencies and all around disney geeks, i spent a lot of time with my good buddy tim devine, owner of www.themagicinpixels.com, a web site community of fellow disney photographers i belong to, so this album will be a lot of all over disney world photos with a little travelog, bear with me as it will take awhile to get them all up here

the annual trek to the new york state fairgrounds for super dirt week, camping with the guys, car racing, picture taking, strippers walking through the camping area advertising the club they work at, people pictures in the bar at night, sprint cars at rolling wheels, big block modifieds in the rite aid 200

the aaron creamer memorial race, run on 9/20/08, at the square deal riders club facility in harpursville, new york. i have it in sections, the first section is race day preparations, and a few of the track and some campers
the next section will be practices, then heat races, then the features, etc

the 2008 rhythm and roots music festival, held every labor day weekend in ninigret park in charlestown, rhode island
zydeco,cajun,bluegrass,gypsy,rock and roll, you name it, there is somebody playing it
if i have something from a performer, then i have picked a tune to accompany the slide show

OUT AMONG THE STARS, BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL, HELD AT THE BENTON RODEO GROUNDS, BENTON PENNSYLVANIA EACH YEAR
I LOVE LIVE BLUEGRASS ESPECIALLY WHEN PERFORMED BY TALENTED PROFESSIONALS, THE ONLY TRUE INDIGENOUS AMERICAN MUSIC
LIVE BLUEGRASS IS A HARD DRIVING,ROCKIN OUT MUSIC,

general shots from mousefest 2007. we were at walt disney world from 12/5/07 to 12/13/07, at
the boardwalk villas, in a 1 bedroom at the far end overlooking the canal/swan/dolphin and down onto the pool slide
keister coaster
i have attempted to break down the images into galleries that are subject related

a few random photos from the eelha fall 2007 trail ride at hallockville, 11/4/07, i did not get too fancy or technically precise since i was also busy riding myself, on dusty my 14 yr old quaterhorse gelding, who for whatever reason was very excited that day
i might add that it seemed many of the other horses were very excitable also that ride
the ride was followed by the usual and very good covered dish lunch
so enjoy the photos, some are good, some are so-so, many could be better, but i had my own ride on my mind

3 day music festival in ninigret park, charlestown, rhode island, held every year on labor day weekend
great music, dancing, food, mellow crowd, etc
galleries by day, then by band in order of appearance that day

OATS, the out among the stars bluegrass festival, held in benton pennsylvania, at the benton rodeo grounds
held this year thursday, 6/28/07 to saturday 6/30/07
nice small town, modest amount of rules, a well behaved crowd, a lot of regional bands, a few larger acts and a great sound system
in order of band appeareance at the festival
where i have music for a band that's the gallery soundtrack

disney cruise lines 11 night med cruise departing and ending in barcelona spain, taken from 5/26/07 - 6/6/07, i have scanned in the personal navigators, the daily newsletter delivered each night to our stateroom, plus inserts for the ports and tender information where applicable, along with a train to rome insert

we spent 5/23/07 - 5/26/07 precruise in barcelona spain. what a wonderful, beautiful city. phenomenal architecture, nice people, great climate
the sections are by date and place, i've tried to label the photos by subject, the times are off because i forgot to set my camera to local, so just add 6 hours to the time shown in the exif data
we arrived 0735 local time, pretty well jetlagged, stayed up and walked around until 1200 then
crashed in the hotel until 1800.it was cloudy and sprinkling in the morning, thus the washed out gray skies in the first photos
blue skies and warm when we went back out. took the funicular up montjuic and found a walking path back down then walked the
waterfront to port vell and back to hotel

east end livestock and horseman's association spring trail ride at hallockville restoration farm, a state owned restored turn of the century farm and a sizeable piece of farmland. it started off as a very grey overcast day and did not get clear and sunny until after almost everyone had finished the ride. i took no pictures of the covered dish lunch afterwards as not everyone likes to be photographed while eating, and the horses and the ride are the focus of interest